From The Diving Board

Why are outspoken left-wing women like Abbie Chatfield attracting so much media attention and backlash right now? Let's take it all the way back to Gamergate - the online harassment campaign that some say led to Donald Trump's first presidency, and unpack whether these online gendered smear campaigns have far deeper influence than we might think.
timestamps:00:00 the media & women
03:42 Abbie Chatfield & gendered disinformation
10:11 Gamergate & online misogyny
21:08 Australia has a news problem
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Media interest snapshot: https://www.acma.gov.au/media-interests-snapshot

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This week, we're diving into the Olivia Rodrigo babydoll dress discourse, moral panics around femininity, and why society remains obsessed with policing what women wear. This is a Change My Mind episode, a segment on the From the Diving Board podcast where you get to be involved too. Each episode I post a prompt on my Instagram (@ fromthedivingboard) and invite you to critique & offer a counter perspective! 

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Why whimsy is more than an aesthetic, and right now - might even inspire fundamental political resistance! Getting serious by bringing out the Canva whiteboard in this one - let's dive in...
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timestamps:
00:00 whimsy, creativity & imagination
06:59 you are creative, I promise
13:03 everything feels meaningless
16:33 resistance art: dadaism & surrealism
23:34 whimsy: more than an aesthetic
29:44 final thoughts

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It's been a few months since Louis Theroux took us into the Manosphere, so I think it's time we talk about it.
timestamps:
00:00 intro
02:47 the myth of red pill thinking
06:09 the Louis Theroux of it all
09:12 Inside the Manosphere
13:03 masculinity under capitalism
29:39 we need to stop blaming mothers

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YouTube: Charli Chats

Sam Levinson, we need to talk.
timestamps:
00:00 introduction
08:23 is this feminist?
13:00 this feels degrading
22:36 America: my dream
31:21 Hollywood & s** work
43:21 final thoughts

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Sources on YouTube (Charli Chats)